Apparatus for drying sheet material.



C. E. MOSS.

APPARATUS EOE DEYTNG SHEET MATERIAL.

APlLIGATION FILED AUGJZ, 1908.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

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Be ii: iiiowi that I, CHA i iiosfiii iii the csiiiity of Siiioii im@ iiziie of ciiiisetis, have invented certain md iisiiiii iiiiyioveiiieiiis iii i', [pa ijfiiig @heet lififiiQi-iai, of which the ioiiowiiiggj iS :i Pipeciiiciitioii.

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'ifiii mimi reference ciiiiiuiificifs sziiiiii i :iii's iii iiiiiii iigiiieh.

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ii :iiiii i2, :imi iii (aiutaci, ii'iiii iiiii i'oiis Si liiiii siicomi beit ii which (iii :imi iiieims i'iiiisisiiiig i iiimif iiiiiziiis ikii iiiii g iiin mim jzicciiiz mich en i lili im. ab@ c: iii liii'swii, around misi giiiiiy io "iii'eiichos there" convex siii f i/ii'iieii Sziiii :mii giiiiii, i'fiiifi ti Asi fili iiiiiiii igii; (si: iiiii ihiii'iiciiii' il siiiii `r'letting of e convex shell held stationery, ting means inside seid shell for heating l outer surface thereof, two endless belts, :tied guide rolls arranged to bold stretches botb. eelte in Contact with each other against the eeivex surface of the shell, so that meteiel to be dried may be grasped between l stretches and carried about the shell, teielerature of seid shell being kept at xv e, point :ts to prevent burning of the er iimteiiel io be dried. )mi apparatus of the character described, l tins' of e stationery, convex, sembyfioul shell, means for heating the seme, and for maintaining the teiiipertttiufe thereof below the des i'uetive point, guide rolls v'1"l adjacent the opposite sides of the e .Second set rolls adjacent the said e rolls, :t beltpafssing round said second and the sfiell, :uid guided by the first o s elo ly to embrace the shell, und t :wound the irst guide part of tie liist belt which embraces the shell, seid belts being adapted to hold the material to be dried between them and Gerry it around tbe heated shell.

An apparatus of the Character described, consisting of e stetionary, convex shell., means for heating the same., endless traveling con- Veyer belts, and guide rolls over which second belts are passed arranged to bring stretches et the several belts together at erich side of the shell, the belts diverging from one :um other beyond the shell et each side, whereby the materiel to be dried may be introduced between the belts at one side of the shell, grasped and carried by the belts about the shell, und 'released et the opposite side thereof.

ln testimon) whereof l. have affixed my signature, in presence 0'1": two Witness lVitiiesses:

ARTHUR Y ROWN, Foiims'r R. ROULSTONE. 

